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Daily bombings Nigeria! bomb goes off in Damaturu this morning












 It is now daily bombings Nigeria! we may wake up one day to no North-East in Nigeria.
 Just this morning a female suicide bomber this morning detonated a bomb at a predominantly Muslim settlement in Damaturu, Yobe state.So far, three people have reported died from the blast. More details later.
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